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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Water kefir

Have you tried it or made some yourself?

Yesterday a lovely lady who lives around the corner from me, ask Tony if I would like some of her excess kefir grains. Obviously Tony had no idea what she was talking about. I got the inquiry via a phone call and jumped at the chance, even though I didn't know if it was water or milk kefir. Once home I found my jar of grains waiting in the fridge. There was also five pages of information and instruction on how to make water kefir......yay, cause that's what I was hoping it was.

It's a bit hard to see but the grains are sitting at the bottom of the jar

I did a little net surfing and as usual there are about 50 million (ok, slight exaggeration) different versions of making water kefir. Very confusing I must say. I've heard so many good things about kefir being full of probiotics and other healthy things, so I'm eager to try it. You can even make it into a type of ginger beer or flavour it with fruit juice etc.......hmmm.

My first batch of basic water kefir - it should be ready to bottle in 24 to 48 hours.

If you'd like more information about kefir, Julie from Towards Sustainability recently did a post on water kefir and there is Dom's kefir. His site has loads of information on there, so thought it was good to share.

When I checked the culture this morning there are little bubbles around the lemon, so it looks like it's working. I'll keep you posted.

3 comments:

I'll be watching too...another culture growing in my house couldn't hurt.......I am now drinking the vinegars I have made...the Kefir sounds very interesting though....will definitely be watching to learn more.

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I'm in my late 40's, living in Brisbane Qld. Trying to slow down and live a life with more meaning and purpose. Generally just trying to jump off the consumerism bandwagon. Making small steps towards a simpler and greener life.